LOS ANGELES – The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee.
Re: Disney to buy Marvel for 4 Billion
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:02 pm
by Skinny Bastard
Long Live Spider Mouse...
Re: Disney to buy Marvel for 4 Billion
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:36 pm
by darklighter1
Oh I don't think I like this...
Re: Disney to buy Marvel for 4 Billion
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:09 pm
by Sir Jig-A-Lot
darklighter1 wrote:Oh I don't think I like this...
I echo thee. There's a good chance Dis may clean up Marvel and force them to go back to a simpler writing style pre Kraven's Last Hunt (which started them on the path towards more adult fare circa late '85)
Well I guess they can finally have that Howard the Duck meets Donald Duck we've all been clammoring for. We've all been clammoring right? Love the Mouserine pick Raum.
Re: Disney to buy Marvel for 4 Billion
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:32 am
by puppydog
i didn't think marvel had to sell w/ all the success of their movies. But that $4 billion must of been to hard to pass. I hope disney doesn't ruin the franchise.
